Submissions by ifonly420 (Jamie)

Everything seems to be so stagnant these days, so many problems and not enough resolve. I really don't mean to whine it just feels like I have fallen into quicksand. I try so hard to pull myself from the mistakes of my past but the line is easily blurred between what was  yesterday and what is today. The same mistakes over and over again that got me to where I am today practically homeless, owing money that I can't pay, and what seems like no friends. I wish I could have someone to blame this on other than myself, someone to point the finger at for all of my problems instead of having to face...

Here we stand,
tied to the stake.
Flames licking at our limbs.
This moment where we meet our fate.

Persecuted for our beliefs.
The practice of this ancient craft.
It’s known here as the devil’s workings.
To watch us burn they gather in mass.

Fear bred by ignorance,
I slowly accept what has to be.
For they have branded upon my skin,
The markings of the beast.

My sins they must be paid in flesh,
With heat my skin begins to itch.
I’m not the first and not the last
That has to die for being a witch.